Criteria for who should get heart surgery and when are based primarily on research in men, but two studies suggest this leads ...

On Go Red for Women Day, know your heart disease risk factors, signs of disease to prevent No. 1 cause of death for women.

A major trend in cardiac surgery is what’s called the “hybrid approach,” which can involve applying open and catheter-based ...

Female patients are more likely to die from postoperative cardiac surgery complications compared to male patients undergoing the same procedure, according to a study published Oct. 17 in JAMA Surgery.

A new study sheds light on the limitations of not using sex-specific guidelines.

Cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler, MD, stares at the motionless heart below her in an operating room at UC San Francisco’s Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. She’s nearly five hours into a ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...

Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by ...

Women are more likely than men to die of complications from high-risk cardiovascular surgery, a new study finds. These life-threatening complications, such as heart attacks and infections, were more ...

PITTSBURGH — In recognition of International Women’s Day, Allegheny General Hospital welcomed local high school students to observe an all-female surgical team. On Monday, students from Avonworth High ...